Pest Management

Natural Enemies

Great Lakes Vegetable Working GroupThe GLVWG is a communication network of vegetable specialists throughout the Great Lakes region which address current priorities facing growers and the vegetable industry including resources on crop disease and pest management.

Natural Enemy Field Guide – PDF
This guide provides information on natural enemies — beneficial organisms that provide natural pest control — and helps identify ones common to agricultural crops and home gardens.

Additional Resources

Pest Management
This ATTRA web resource contains information about materials to help manage a wide range of pests, as well as information about prevention of specific pests.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
MSU Extension offers online resources to help people correctly identify pests — insects, weeds, plant diseases and other pests — and to choose an effective control when one is needed.

MSU Identifying Natural Enemies in Crops and Landscapes – PDF
This pest management guide is available for purchase through the MSU extension bookstore. It includes detailed descriptions and colored photos of arthropods that provide natural pest control by feeding on pest insects, such as aphids, thrips, caterpillars and beetles that damage crops and other plants. To purchase the MSU Extension guide, fill out the pdf order form or order online.

Purdue Forage Field Guide – PDF
This pocket field guide covers pasture establishment and renovation; insect, weed, and disease identification and management; soil fertility; as well as animal nutrition requirements. The third edition is available Spring 2015. For a sample of the second edition, download the above-listed PDF document or read more online.